Financial Accountant
In our fast paced, competitive and evolving aged care industry, strong financial stewardship is essential to ensuring we continue to provide our people caring for our residents with the support they need for success.
Heritage is one of New Zealand's largest providers of Residential Aged Care services, providing a warm and welcoming home to over 2,200 people. We believe in a ‘better every day’ for our residents and our 2,700 employees undertake the most influential and critical work to ensure our residents experience a better every day in their later years.
About this role | Mō tēnei tūranga mahi
As a Financial Accountant within our Commercial Finance team, you will play an important role in supporting Heritage’s financial performance and growth by ensuring accurate financial reporting, maintaining strong balance sheet disciplines and contributing to an efficient month-end close process.
This is an excellent opportunity for a newly qualified Chartered Accountant who is looking to broaden their experience in a large and complex organisation. You may be making your first move from a professional services environment or already working in a corporate finance team and looking for greater ownership and exposure across financial reporting, audit, balance sheet management and capital expenditure accounting.
Working closely with the Finance Manager and Senior Financial Accountant, you will contribute to monthly and annual reporting processes, support audit requirements, maintain financial integrity across key accounting areas and help identify opportunities to improve and automate finance processes.
Our Corporate Services office is currently based in Johnsonville and will relocate to the Wellington CBD in November. Flexible working arrangements are available, including the opportunity to work from home up to two days per week.
Skills & Experience | He pūkenga tou
Possess genuine respect, empathy and interest in others.
- Hold a degree in Accounting, Finance or a related discipline.
- Be newly CA qualified through CAANZ or an equivalent professional body.
- Have experience within a Big 4, professional services or medium-to-large corporate environment.
- Demonstrate strong financial accounting knowledge, including month-end processes and balance sheet management.
- Be confident preparing journals, reconciliations and supporting financial reporting requirements.
- Have strong analytical skills and a keen eye for detail, ensuring work is completed accurately and on time.
- Be comfortable working with financial systems, reporting tools and large volumes of financial data.
- Demonstrate initiative, accountability and a willingness to continuously improve processes and ways of working.
- Be an effective communicator who collaborates well with colleagues and stakeholders across the business.
- Experience with TechnologyOne, Jedox or Power BI would be advantageous but is not essential.
This role is an exciting opportunity to develop your financial accounting career within a supportive and experienced team while gaining exposure across the full financial reporting cycle of a large national organisation.
What we offer our employees | Ngā mea e tukuna ana e tātau
- The opportunity to work within a progressive environment and with an organisation that has a solid focus to ensure the delivery of respectful and caring services that are safe for residents and staff.
- Exposure across month-end, financial reporting, audit and capital expenditure accounting.
- Flexible working arrangements, including up to two days working from home each week.
- The opportunity to work alongside a supportive and experienced finance team.
- Ongoing professional development and career growth opportunities.
Welcome to Heritage Lifecare | Nau mai haere mai ki Heritage Lifecare
We recognise the Treaty of Waitangi and its importance to Māori and how it applies to the work at Heritage Lifecare. This includes adhering to the concepts of whanaungatanga, whakapapa and manaakitanga when dealing with people to foster an environment where people can work together with ease and understanding.
How to Apply | Tono mai
Please submit an online application by selecting the ‘Apply’ link.
We encourage you to submit your application as soon as possible, as we may begin interviews before the closing date.
Heritage Lifecare fosters an environment that celebrates diversity and inclusion. We uphold the principles of Te Tiriti o Waitangi and welcome the different perspectives that diversity brings to our workplace.
Applicants must have the legal right to work in New Zealand. Therefore, we may be unable to support a visa application for this position.